Apologizing for Church 'sins' of the past was a massive blunder considering how many enemies the Church has in this generation, and how they seized upon the 'apologies' as proof that the RCC is evil. That aside, how can one man really apologize for the sins of another man hundreds of years later? We apologize for our own sins, not the alleged sins of the long dead. These apologies must ring very hollow to the ears of those resentful people who hang onto hatreds passed down to them from earlier generations. The Holy Father apparently thinks very highly of himself to have thought his apology would heal ancient wounds that Church enemies don't want to see healed anyway. And where is his grande apology for thousands of sins heaped upon young Catholics by pervert 'priests' under his own watch?
Furthermore, his incessent apologies have actually resurrected old wounds, and they lend legitimacy to the many lies that Catholic-hating revisionist 'historians' have perpetrated against the Church regarding the Spanish Inquisition. I think some future Pope may be apologizing to Catholics for the great harm this present heirarchy have done to us by embracing homosexuals, fostering liberalism and modernism, and by creating a very dangerous atmosphere brought about by these endless public admissions that the RCC hurt innocent people. Wasn't it Pope Paul VI who said the Church is in "auto-destruct mode"? Well it still is.
"I think some future Pope may be apologizing to Catholics for the great harm this present heirarchy have done to us by embracing homosexuals, fostering liberalism and modernism"
There's still no light at the end of the tunnel, but fortunately we know Who wins in the end.